Arctic Explorations, Kane

Автор: Kane
Название: Arctic Explorations
ISBN: 1108041418 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108041416
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: Originally published in 1856, this two-volume work by Elisha Kent Kane (1820-57) recounts the second Grinnell expedition in search of the lost explorer Sir John Franklin. Volume 1 recounts how the ship became ice-bound, and Kane`s impressions of the Inuit on whom he later relied for survival.

Автор: Baker
Название: The Albert N`yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, and Explorations of the Nile Sources
ISBN: 1108032044 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108032049
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: Sir Samuel Baker (1821-93) was one of the most famous Victorian explorers, and the memoir of his celebrated expedition, first published in 1866, remains amongst the most important accounts of African exploration of the age. Written with great colour, it is a compelling account of an historic adventure.

Автор: Petherick
Название: Travels in Central Africa, and Explorations of the Western Nile Tributaries
ISBN: 1108031994 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108031998
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Описание: Published in 1869, this joint travel diary gives an account of Petherick`s (1813-82) journey to Gondokoro, Sudan, on a mission for the National Geographical Society. Volume 2 contains letters and official documents that clarify the controversy in which Petherick was falsely accused of taking part in the slave trade.

Автор: Forrest
Название: Explorations in Australia
ISBN: 1108039189 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108039185
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Описание: John Forrest (1847-1918), was an Australian surveyor, explorer, and, later, politician. In this 1875 account of the three expeditions into the Western Australian interior which made him famous, he describes the geology, vegetation, and wildlife of the routes, the constant concern of finding water, and the expeditions` triumphal reception.

Автор: Petherick
Название: Travels in Central Africa, and Explorations of the Western Nile Tributaries
ISBN: 1108031986 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108031981
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Описание: First published in 1869, this two-volume jointly authored work gives an account of a mission for the National Geographical Society undertaken by John Petherick (1813-82) and his wife Katherine (1827-77). Volume 1 focuses on the first part of the Pethericks` journey to Gondokoro in the Sudan.

Автор: Kerry-Nicholls
Название: The King Country, or, Explorations in New Zealand
ISBN: 1108039928 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108039925
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Описание: This 1884 account of a journey into the `King Country` in New Zealand by `gentleman explorer` J. H. Kerry-Nicholls (d. 1888) includes not only a history of Maori-European relations, but a geographical survey of the beautiful landscapes he encountered and his meeting with Maori King Tawhiao.

Автор: Baker
Название: The Albert N`yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, and Explorations of the Nile Sources
ISBN: 1108032036 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108032032
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: Sir Samuel Baker (1821-93) was one of the most famous Victorian explorers, and the memoir of his celebrated expedition, first published in 1866, remains amongst the most important accounts of African exploration of the age. Written with great colour, it is a compelling account of an historic adventure.

Автор: Pennant
Название: Arctic Zoology
ISBN: 1108073654 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108073653
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Описание: This 1784 two-volume work by Thomas Pennant (1726-98), zoologist and traveller, describes the wildlife of northern America, Europe and Siberia. Volume 1 describes the various habitats of the Arctic and its indigenous quadrupeds. Other works by Thomas Pennant are also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection.

Автор: McCormick
Название: Voyages of Discovery in the Arctic and Antarctic Seas, and round the World
ISBN: 1108072062 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108072069
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Описание: Originally published in 1884 and illustrated with his maps and drawings, this two-volume work by the doctor and naturalist Robert McCormick (1800-90) describes polar voyages with William Parry and James Clark Ross. McCormick also discusses his part in the search for Sir John Franklin, and presents a very detailed autobiography.

Автор: McCormick
Название: Voyages of Discovery in the Arctic and Antarctic Seas, and round the World
ISBN: 1108071716 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108071710
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Описание: Originally published in 1884 and illustrated with his maps and drawings, this two-volume work by the doctor and naturalist Robert McCormick (1800-90) describes polar voyages with William Parry and James Clark Ross. McCormick also discusses his part in the search for Sir John Franklin, and presents a very detailed autobiography.

Автор: Osborn
Название: Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal
ISBN: 1108071775 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108071772
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Цена: 33790.00 T
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Описание: Naval officer Sherard Osborn (1822-75) commanded the steam vessel Pioneer during Horatio Thomas Austin`s 1850-1 mission in search of the missing Franklin expedition. Osborn`s compelling eyewitness account, published in 1852, describes the first (and successful) trial of steam in the punishing Arctic conditions.